reprieve
The cancellation or postponement of a punishmentThe cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
» Tom has been granted a reprieve.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.
Begnadigung, Strafaufschub, Galgenfrist
отсро́чкаotsróčka
відстрочкаvidstročka
(countable, uncountable)A document authorizing such an action.
(countable, uncountable)Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
Erlösung, Erleichterung, Atempause
облегче́ниеoblexčénije, переды́шкаperedýška
полегшенняpolehšennja
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
(countable, uncountable)A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
Examples
5 sentencesTom has been granted a reprieve.
We've been granted only a temporary reprieve.
Sami was granted a reprieve.
The governor issued a reprieve hours before Tom was set to be executed by lethal injection.
I'm happy to hear that grandma is doing better, even though the doctors say it's just reprieve.
Translations
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Origin
First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take backFirst use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (“take back”); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.
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Forms
plural: reprievesSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable